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• Attention Deficit Disorder
  ADD and ADHD
  Mental Health
  Mental Health Research
  Children's Health
  Psychiatry
   
  

  Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

  Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (sometimes referred to as ADD for those without hyperactivity) is thought to be a neurological disorder, always present from childhood, which manifests ... > more
• Animals
  Social Psychology
  Intelligence
  Dogs
  Autism
  Apes
   
  

  Mirror test

  The mirror test is a measure of self-awareness developed by Gordon Gallup Jr in 1970. The test gauges self-awareness by determining whether an animal can recognize its own reflection in a mirror as ... > more
• Headaches
  Headache Research
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Healthy Aging
  Diseases and Conditions
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   

  Migraine

  Migraine is a neurologic disease, of which the most common symptom is an intense and disabling headache. Migraine is the most common type of vascular headache. Migraine headaches are usually ... > more
• Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  Psychology Research
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
   

  Neocortex

  The neocortex is a part of the brain of mammals. It is the top layer of the cerebral hemispheres, 2-4 mm thick, and made up of six layers, labelled I to VI (with VI being the innermost and I being ... > more
• Language Acquisition
  Child Development
  Psychology
  Social Psychology
  Intelligence
  Behavior
   
  

  Psycholinguistics

  Psycholinguistics or psychology of language is the study of the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, and understand language. Initial forays into ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Children's Health
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Child Development
  Educational Psychology
   

  Erikson's stages of psychosocial development

  Erikson's stages of psychosocial development describes eight developmental stages through which a healthily developing human should pass from infancy to late adulthood. In each stage the person ... > more
• Tinnitus
  Hearing Impairment
  Hearing Loss
  Hypertension
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
   

  Tinnitus

  Tinnitus is a phenomenon of the nervous system connected to the ear, characterised by perception of a ringing or beating sound (often perceived as sinusoidal) with no external source. This sound may ... > more
• Addiction
  Alcoholism
  Controlled Substances
  Illegal Drugs
  Smoking Addiction
  Cocaine
   

  Addiction

  Addiction is a chronic disorder proposed to be precipitated by a combination of genetic, biological/pharmacological and social factors. Addiction is a compulsion to repeat a behaviour regardless of ... > more
• Intelligence
  Child Development
  Child Psychology
  Psychology
  Language Acquisition
  Behavior
   
  

  Theory of cognitive development

  Although there is no general theory of cognitive development, the most historically influential theory was developed by Jean Piaget, a Swiss Psychologist (1896-1980). His theory provided many central ... > more
• Eye Care
  Perception
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Cosmetic Surgery
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Eye

  An eye is an organ of vision that detects light. Different kinds of light-sensitive organs are found in a variety of organisms. The simplest eyes do nothing but detect whether the surroundings are ... > more

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